Browse: SACD, Hindemith (composer)

Steinbacher’s lithe playing, alive to both concertos’ volatilities, is matched by orchestral playing of depth and heart. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2018, More…

Janowski lends the music greater energy and urgency [than Abbado]…This very well recorded disc should win Hindemith new friends. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2018, More…

Zimmermann's first volume of a complete survey immediately takes its place among the very best, not least for the warmer, woodier tone that she produces and puts to such musically penetrating... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2013, More…

Their playing is phenomenally accomplished…This is likely to be one of the chamber discs of the year. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, More…

Does it succeed? Emphatically, yes. The sheer weight and superior blend of these Dutch players is a wonder to behold. However, all that technique doesn’t count for much unless it’s firmly focused... — MusicWeb International, 13th April 2015 More…

this rewarding new release is a reminder of [Hindemith's] continued close affinity with the [viola]...Virtuosity is not so much the music's aim as expressivity, yet Zimmermann plays with brilliance... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2013, More…

This is an attractive programme, superbly performed and recorded with an ideal balance between detail and atmosphere in 5.0 surround sound. From solos to the weightiest of tuttis this is a band... — MusicWeb International, 2nd December 2014 More…

Considered individually, Zimmermann's performances face competition from other leading exponents, but as a whole, her survey of this music is hard to beat...she captures the music's exuberance... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, More…

Neschling and the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra relish the half-chance to swing, and this is a contented, light-on-its-feet performance. I can't help but feel that Mathis der Maler gets boggeed... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2012, More…